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questionnaire will be mailed to the
respondent.

ESTIMATED ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Form Name

Number of respondents

Number of responses per
respondent

149
149

1
na

AHRQ Grantee Survey ....................................................................................
Total .................................................................................................................

Hours per response

Total burden
hours

2
na

298
298

Average hourly wage rate*

Total cost burden

$42.98
na

$12,808
$12,808

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED RESPONDENT COST BURDEN
Number of respondents

Form Name
AHRQ Grantee Survey ....................................................................................
Total .................................................................................................................

Total burden
hours

149
149

298
298

*Based upon the mean of the average wages for teachers (college and university), National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the
United States 2005, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
The proposed information collection
is part of a larger evaluation of the
effectiveness of AHRQ’s grant-supported
research on healthcare costs,
productivity, and market forces, which
includes a systematic review of the
research that AHRQ has funded, indepth interviews with grantees and
grant document review, case studies to
assess the effects and dissemination
pathways of market forces research, and
preparation of reports and briefings. The
cost to conduct the survey of identified
grantees is $38,962.

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Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited
Paperwork Reduction Act legislation,
comments on the AHRQ information
collection proposal are requested with
regard to any of the following: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and costs) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this
notice will be summarized and included
in the request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.

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Dated: December 17, 2007.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
information collection project: ‘‘Focus
Groups on Consumer Engagement in
Developing Electronic Health
Information Systems.’’ In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public
to comment on this proposed
information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by February 26, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at doris.lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
e-mail at doris.lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposed Project
‘‘Focus Groups on Consumer
Engagement in Developing Electronic
Health Information Systems’’
This project will consist of focus
groups to gain insights into healthcare
consumers’ awareness and perceptions
of Health Information Technology (IT),
and how best to engage consumers in
the development of these technologies.
AHRQ has so far invested significant
resources in initiatives to promote the
planning and development of new
Health IT that should improve
healthcare, lower healthcare costs, and
improve patient safety. For such
benefits to be maximized, it is important
to understand how consumers view
Health IT and how to engage them in
the design and implementation of future
innovations.
AHRQ will conduct 20 focus groups
(in addition to two pretest groups) with
healthcare consumers, that is persons
who have visited a healthcare provider
(either for their own health or the health
of a family member) in the previous two
years. For the most part, the groups will
be homogenous with respect to the
presence or absence of either of the
following characteristics: (a) Managing a
chronic health condition (or the
condition of a close family member), or
(b) Having visited at least three
healthcare providers in the past two
years.
Participants will be covered by a
range of health insurance plans, and
persons not covered by health insurance
will also be recruited. Some groups will
include only persons enrolled in a

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Health Maintenance Organization
(HMO).
The data to be collected for this
project will be in two forms: (a) answers
to a screener questionnaire designed to
identify and recruit eligible participants,
and (b) verbal reports—i.e., focus group
participants’ answers to questions posed
by the moderator and reactions to

comments of other group members. The
focus group discussions will be audiotaped with participants’ consent and
transcribed for analysis purposes.
Method of Collection
Participants will be screened for
eligibility and recruited for the focus
groups by telephone. The focus group

sessions will be conducted in-person
with approximately 10 persons per
group. The focus group discussion will
take approximately 2 hours, and we
have assumed a 20-minute travel time
(each way) per participant. Thus, focus
group participation will require 2.67
hours per response.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden

TABLE 1.—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

Form name
Recruiting Screener .........................................................................................
Focus Group Discussion Guide .......................................................................
Total .................................................................................................................

Number of
responses per
respondent

2,200
220
2,420

1
1
na

Hours per
response
5/60
2.67
na

Total burden
hours
183
587
770

TABLE 2.—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents

Form name
Recruiting Screener .........................................................................................
Focus Group Discussion Guide .......................................................................
Total .................................................................................................................

Total burden
hours

2,200
220
2,420

183
587
770

Average
hourly wage
rate*
$17
17
na

Total cost
burden
$3,111
9,979
13,090

*Based upon the mean hourly wage of full-time workers, third-quarter of 2007. Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics.

Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
Based on the current budget for the
project, the total cost to the Federal
Government is $257,474 ($251,114 of
contractor costs + $6,360 of travel and
time cost for AHRQ employees) for the
18-month period from Oct. 1st, 2007 to
March 31st, 2009. The annualized cost
is approximately $171,649. This amount
includes all direct and indirect costs of
the design, data collection, analysis, and
reporting phases of the study. The costs
of Federal employees for monitoring the
contract are $5,660.

respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: December 17, 2007.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited
Paperwork Reduction Act legislation,
comments on AHRQ’s information
collection are requested with regard to
any of the following: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
AHRQ health care research and health
care information dissemination
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of
burden (including hours and costs) of
the proposed collection(s) of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information upon the

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency For Healthcare Research and
Quality
Notice of Meeting
In accordance with section 10(d) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C., Appendix 2), announcement is
made of a Health Care Policy and
Research Special Emphasis Panel (SEP)
meeting.
A Special Emphasis Panel is a group
of experts in fields related to health care
research who are invited by the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), and agree to be available, to
conduct on an as needed basis,

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scientific reviews of applications for
AHRQ support. Individual members of
the Panel do not attend regularlyscheduled meetings and do not serve for
fixed terms or a long period of time.
Rather, they are asked to participate in
particular review meetings which
require their type of expertise.
Substantial segments of the upcoming
SEP meeting listed below will be closed
to the public in accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act,
section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2
and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant
applications for the Announcement of
Availability of Funds for Grants
regarding National Research Service
Award Institutional Research Training
Grant (T32) applications are to be
reviewed and discussed at this meeting.
These discussions are likely to reveal
personal information concerning
individuals associated with the
applications. This information is
exempt from mandatory disclosure
under the above-cited statutes.
SEP Meeting on: National Research
Service Award Institutional Research
Training Grant (T32) applications.
Date: January 31–February 1, 2008
(Open on January 31 from 8:30 a.m. to
8:45 a.m. and closed for the remainder
of the meeting).
Place: Gaithersburg Marriott
Washingtonian Center, Marriott

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